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Planet of the Apes (Special Edition)
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti
Directed By: Tim Burton
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543040958
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-02-11
Running Time: 124
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2001-07-27
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Editorial Reviews:
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Billed as a "reimagining" of the original 1968 film, Tim Burton's extraordinary Planet of the Apes constantly borders on greatness, adhering to the spirit of Pierre Boulle's original novel while exploring fresh and inventive ideas and paying honorable tribute to the '68 sci-fi classic. Burton's gifts for eccentric inspiration and visual ingenuity make this a movie that's as entertaining as it is provocative, beginning with Rick Baker's best-ever ape makeup (hand that man an Oscar®!), and continuing through the surprisingly nuanced performances and breathtaking production design. Add to all this an intelligent screenplay that turns Boulle's speculative reversal--the dominance of apes over humans--into a provocative study of civil rights and civil war. The film finally goes too far with a woefully misguided ending that pays weak homage to the original, but everything preceding that misfire is astonishingly right. While attempting the space-pod retrieval of a chimpanzee test pilot, Major Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) enters a magnetic storm that propels him into the distant future, where he crash-lands on the ape-ruled planet. Among the primitively civilized apes, treatment of enslaved humans is a divisive issue: senator's daughter Ari (Helena Bonham Carter) advocates equality while the ruthless General Thade (Tim Roth) promotes extermination. While Davidson ignites a human rebellion, this conflict is explored with admirable depth and emotion, and sharp dialogue allows Burton's exceptional cast to bring remarkable expressiveness to their embattled ape characters, most notably in the comic relief of orangutan slave trader Limbo (played to perfection by Paul Giamatti). Classic lines from the original film are cleverly reversed (including an unbilled cameo for Charlton Heston, in ape regalia as Thade's dying father), and while this tale of interspecies warfare leads to an ironic conclusion that's not altogether satisfying, it still bears the ripe fruit of a timeless what-if idea. --Jeff Shannon
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Summary: The worst Tim Burton movie ever.
Comment: This remake is only a money machine for "20th Cash Fox", betting that the 2001 audience will not remember the two Charlton Heston movies(Two first of the original series), and from a financial standpoint it did work for the studio. Why Tim Burton accepted to do this is a mystery though, did he have taxes to pay in a hurry ? Definitely the worst of Tim Burton movies, studio command movie, that a director like Tim B. would only accept to do, because he is broke at the time, but even with this explanation this is still hard to understand why Tim B. accepted to compromise himself with this thing. If you are interested in Sci-Fi, and never saw the original movies, from the late sixties, watch them instead of this idiotic remake, even the apes make up was better in the original movies, you could actually tell who was who in the story, because the make up kept all the personality of each character, and where the original movies had intelligence, this poor remake doesn't have any, the story doesn't make much sense at all from the beginning to the end, especially the end. Every Sci-Fi true fan already knew the original series, having the DVD boxset at home already and didn't go see that thing when it came out or just lost 7bucks, but for the person just getting into Sci-Fi, just skip this movie and watch the original movies, they are all much better than this one.
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Summary: Planet of the Apes
Comment: The video arrived within a few days. The BluRay format is wonderful. I enjoyed it very much.
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Summary: There is little redeeming about this movie
Comment: It's amazing how half-hearted this movie is. The scenes, costumes, and especially the dialogue are all worse than the original. If this wasn't a remake, the first whole hour you'd be asking yourself "why did they make this movie?". The whole movie is lazy and doesn't bother to explain itself or create any real drama, but just strolls thru a dull plot. The only interesting points are when the monkey comes back in the pod and of course the ending on earth. Otherwise, there are prosaic discussions, escapes, and battles that make up the rest of the movie. Pathetic effort.
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Summary: DRECK.
Comment: This film is complete junk. I should know better, because hollywood (it gets a small "h" because that is all they deserve) always does this to us. There was only one possible option with a modern version of Apes, and that was to make an exact version of Pierre Boulle's (sp?) brilliant novel, and I mean exact. The original Apes film is a masterpiece, and with the obscene amount of money they had for the budget, they could have hit a home run with the film version of the book, but instead, dreck. Cheers.
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Summary: WHAT IS NEXT PLANET OF THE APES THE MUSICAL?
Comment: many have seen this movie of tim burton's vision of planet of the apes.a terrible vision indeed and the ending which makes no sense at all leaves many questions unanswered.planet of the apes was a novel witten by piere boulle.there is so much wrong with this version it would take a novel just to point out.this is the kind of movie you see once and forget about it.if you want to see the planet of the apes as it was meant to be seen see the 1968 version at least there you really do have a confrontation with men and apes and not this stupid waste of time as the title says the next one should be called planet of the apes the musical with special guest stars the oompa loompas singing their all time hit alley oop.............
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